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published by the Columbia University Summer Research Program for Science Teachers
This is an inquiry-based lesson plan on motion graphing, developed by high school teachers recruited for a summer research program at Columbia University. It provides step-by-step instructions for using a motion detector to analyze straight-line motion.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Motion in One Dimension
- High School
- Instructional Material
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Appropriate Courses Categories Ratings
- Physical Science
- Physics First
- Conceptual Physics
- Algebra-based Physics
- AP Physics
- Lesson Plan
- Activity
- Laboratory
- New teachers
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Keywords:
1D motion, Kinematics, Motion Detectors, graphing, graphs, linear motion, motion graphs, motion in one dimension
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Metadata instance created July 8, 2004 by Matthew Meizlish
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August 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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(Columbia University Summer Research Program for Science Teachers, New York, 2003), WWW Document, (https://www.scienceteacherprogram.org/physics/Omoloju03.html).
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Columbia University: Graphing Motion with a Motion Detector (Columbia University Summer Research Program for Science Teachers, New York, 2003), <https://www.scienceteacherprogram.org/physics/Omoloju03.html>.
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Columbia University: Graphing Motion with a Motion Detector. (2003). Retrieved March 24, 2025, from Columbia University Summer Research Program for Science Teachers: https://www.scienceteacherprogram.org/physics/Omoloju03.html
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Columbia University Summer Research Program for Science Teachers. Columbia University: Graphing Motion with a Motion Detector. New York: Columbia University Summer Research Program for Science Teachers, 2003. https://www.scienceteacherprogram.org/physics/Omoloju03.html (accessed 24 March 2025).
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Columbia University: Graphing Motion with a Motion Detector. New York: Columbia University Summer Research Program for Science Teachers, 2003. 24 Mar. 2025 <https://www.scienceteacherprogram.org/physics/Omoloju03.html>.
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